proposal to remove the "Start Here" icon

[Brent Fox]

On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 15:45, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:32:02 -0400, Brent Fox <bfox at redhat.com> wrote:
> > I propose that we remove the "Start Here" icon from the default desktop
> > for the following reasons:
> > - It's basically useless.  :)
> > 
> > I think a case could be made for a first-run desktop tutorial kind of
> > thing, but "Start Here" as it currently exists is not it.  I propose
> > that we remove this icon for FC3test2 and see if anybody complains.
> 
> If its removed, are there any plans to actually create anything akin
> to the first-run
> tutorial kind of thing you mention?  Perhaps instead of thinking a
> 'first run' tutorial thing, perhaps i can infect you with the idea of
> something useful beyond first run, a sort of task based guided tour
> that can be referenced when people want to learn how to do a new task
> but don't really know what applications to use.  And if I want to get
> all starry-eyed, it could be updated over the lifetime of its release
> to encompass more task based help beyond what was available at install
> time.

I agree that such a tutorial could be useful, but I know of no plans to
create one.  However, I don't think that the removal of the current
"Start Here" should wait on the creation of a tutorial.  It's not like
there's any current functionality that people will miss if it's removed.

--Brent